A family of unconventional myosins from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Baker, Jeffrey P ^a   Titus, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Phylogeny; Physical mapping; Unconventional myosin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; LETHAL MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031551570     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1232     Document Type: Article

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